MS — Montserrat

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, known for the devastating eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano beginning in 1997, which buried the capital Plymouth under pyroclastic flows and ash. The de facto capital and seat of government moved to Brades. Montserrat was once nicknamed 'The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean' for its Irish heritage. The East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) is the currency. For developers, the MS country code and .ms domain are notable — the .ms ccTLD has been marketed as a generic domain for Microsoft-related or manuscript-related purposes. The +1-664 follows the North American Numbering Plan. The en-MS locale handles Montserratian English. Montserrat's destroyed capital Plymouth is technically still the official capital, creating an interesting edge case for geographic databases — some list Plymouth while others list Brades or Little Bay (the planned new capital). This dual-capital situation requires careful data handling.